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And the children of his brother Hele were, Zophah, Iemna, Seles and Amal.

BenIamin begat Bela his fyrst sonne, A?bal the secode, Ahrah ye thirde,

And Seharaim (whan he had sent the awaye) begat children in the londe of Moab of Husim and Baera his wyues.

And of Hodes his wyfe begat he Iobab, Zibea, Mesa, Malcham,

Ieus, Sachia, and Mirma, these are his children, heades of the fathers.

His brethre Sasak, Ieremoth,

But at Gibeon dwelt, the father of Gibeon, & his wyues name was Maecha,

and his first sonne was Abdon, Zur, Cis, Baal, Nadab,

The children of Esek his brother were: Vlam his first sonne, Ieus the seconde, Elipelet the thirde.

Of Soloni, Asaia ye first sonne, and his other sonnes.

Of the children of Serah, Ieguel and his brethren, sixe hundreth, foure score and ten.

And Sallum the sonne of Core, the sonne of Abiassaph, the sonne of Corah, and his brethren of his fathers house. The Corahytes were in the worke of the seruyce, to kepe the thresholdes of the Tabernacle: and their fathers in the hoost of the LORDE, to kepe the intraunce.

At Gibeon dwelt Ieiel the father of Gibeon, his wiues name was Maecha,

and his fyrstsonne Abdon, Zur, Cis, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

And the Philistynes folowed vpon Saul and his sonnes, and smote Ionathas, Abinadab and Malchisua ye sonnes of Saul.

Then sayde Saul vnto his weapenbearer: Drawe out thy swerde, and thrust it thorow me, that these vncircumcysed come not, and deale shamefully with me. Neuertheles his weapenbearer wolde not, for he was sore afrayed. Then toke Saul his swerde, and fell therin.

Whan his weapenbearer sawe that Saul was deed, he fell vpon his swerde also, and dyed.

Thus died Saul and his thre sonnes, and all his housholde together.

And whan the men of Israel which were in ye valley, sawe, that Saul and his sonnes were deed, they lefte their cities and fled: and the Philistynes came and dwelt therin.

On the morowe came the Philistynes to spoyle the slayne, and founde Saul, and his sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gelboa,